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Open source licence violations manual published

Open source licence violations manual published

Dutch software engineer Armijn Hemel has just published a manual on how to detect violations of open source software.
Gijs Hillenius Oct 18 2008 10:28AM Software
Gmail outage irks IT administrators

Gmail outage irks IT administrators

IT administrators are being hassled by disgruntled staff who have found themselves cut off from Gmail with little explanation.
Iain Thomson Oct 18 2008 10:23AM Software
Multi-channeled sport not covered by review

Multi-channeled sport not covered by review

The government will not reconsider anti-siphoning laws as it formulates new digital strategies for ABC and SBS, despite claiming multi-channeling is important to future growth.
Staff Writers Oct 17 2008 11:32AM Software
Google patches up its Chrome developer version a bit

Google patches up its Chrome developer version a bit

Google has released a developer update to its Chrome Web browser which purportedly deals with some of the crashing and video issues which were occurring.
Sylvie Barak Oct 17 2008 7:21AM Software
Malcolm Turnbull joins Twitter community

Malcolm Turnbull joins Twitter community

Federal Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has joined the ranks of celebrities and influential tech leaders in getting a Twitter account -- and the results are surprisingly mundane.
Kathryn Small Oct 16 2008 10:57AM Software
Demand outstrips supply for OpenOffice

Demand outstrips supply for OpenOffice

Demand for the OpenOffice 3.0 suite has been so high that it has taken down the company’s servers.
Iain Thomson Oct 15 2008 3:37PM Software
Mozilla Labs experiments again

Mozilla Labs experiments again

Mozilla Labs announced yesterday the formation of a new group put together to focus on the research and development of tools for the open Web.
Emma Hughes Oct 15 2008 6:56AM Software
Microsoft unveils Silverlight 2.0

Microsoft unveils Silverlight 2.0

Microsoft has released the latest version of its Silverlight web application tool, promising a "radical improvement" in the way developers and designers build applications on the web.
Shaun Nichols Oct 15 2008 6:49AM Software
VKernel analyses virtual capacity

VKernel analyses virtual capacity

VKernel, the developer of virtual machine solutions, is now shipping its Capacity Analyzer 2.0 virtual appliance..
David Neal Oct 15 2008 6:49AM Software
Microsoft settles on 'Windows 7' for new OS

Microsoft settles on 'Windows 7' for new OS

Microsoft confirms the next version of its operating system will be called Windows 7 but the decision has invoked surprise and confusion among some observers.
Rosalie Marshall Oct 15 2008 6:49AM Software
Government asked to subsidise virtualisation

Government asked to subsidise virtualisation

VMware will lobby the Australian government to offer incentives to business to encourage adoption of virtualisation technology.
Ry Crozier Oct 14 2008 12:57PM Software
Researchers use Open Source virtual world for language teaching

Researchers use Open Source virtual world for language teaching

An international team of researchers is using a wireless Open Source virtual world to help promote language learning and let students practice.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2008 12:50PM Software
Computers fail to fool humans

Computers fail to fool humans

Six artificial conversational entities (ACEs) have failed to fool interrogators into thinking they were human during a real-time chat.
Aharon Etengoff Oct 14 2008 1:02AM Software
MySpace sells small businesses on self-service ads

MySpace sells small businesses on self-service ads

The latest push by MySpace to bring in more advertising dollars relies on some unusual ingredients - like Bacon Salt.
Robert MacMillan Oct 14 2008 12:48AM Software
Business users picture better data

Business users picture better data

Visual analytics and business intelligence could finally trump database queries and spreadsheet-style dashboards as the best way to help business users understand information, key vendor roadmaps show.
Ry Crozier Oct 14 2008 12:30AM Software
Distributed collaboration tools add to risk burden

Distributed collaboration tools add to risk burden

Business and legal teams must act now, says Microsoft.
Phil Muncaster Oct 13 2008 3:32PM Software
Sybase iAnywhere offers lifeline to Nokia Intellisync users

Sybase iAnywhere offers lifeline to Nokia Intellisync users

Sybase iAnywhere is offering to support mobile business customers left in the lurch by Nokia's decision to focus on consumers.
Daniel Robinson Oct 13 2008 3:32PM Software
RIM unveils developer tools for latest devices

RIM unveils developer tools for latest devices

Hard on the heels of its new BlackBerry Storm smartphone, Research In Motion (RIM) has released developer tools to better support the Storm and other recent BlackBerry models with mobile applications.
Daniel Robinson Oct 13 2008 3:32PM Software
Smallestdotnet sizes down .NET 3.5 install

Smallestdotnet sizes down .NET 3.5 install

Developer ‘confusion’ over the download size of the .NET 3.5 framework service pack one has led to the creation of a free online tool and new client profile configuration option.
Ry Crozier Oct 13 2008 2:52PM Software
Microsoft plans Silverlight news

Microsoft plans Silverlight news

Microsoft is planning to make a major announcement surrounding its Silverlight web application tool.
Shaun Nichols Oct 13 2008 12:07AM Software

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